switch back to digital?

[ppcock]

after 4 years of using great tech 12's, im thinking of swaping back to cdj's.
ofcourse I'm looking at pioneers, the last time i had cd decks was over 7 years ago so i'm a bit out of the loop.

can anyone recommend some non pioneer decks?

and what's the going rate for a pair of babied techs these days?

[rawb]

what do cdjs bring you

[ppcock]

convinience


I dont play anywhere, it's basically to have more space in my studio, maybe put some analog gear in.

[ppcock]

but i dont want shit cdj's.

[Phrenetic]

non-pioneer would be Denon. anything in the Denon line is good. they are on par with pioneer.

plus they have a direct drive motor!

[ppcock]

yeah, i used to own dual cd deck denons.. loved 'em.

[Phrenetic]

but i would stick with pioneer. the new cdj 400 are pretty neat if you want space. there the area between the cdj 200's and 800's. just think of a 200 that you can scratch on.

[ppcock]

i might just get the 200's
mp3


all my effects are on my mixer.

[Phrenetic]

stick with pioneer, better pitch resolution and very well made. industry standard.

[Mangle]

CDJ1000s aren't worth the money, really, but they are the Tech 12s of CDJing. You'd do fine with 800s or 400s. The Denons are okay, but they always felt a little plasticy to me. Too many fragile plastic pieces.

You should be able to get a good $500-$550 a piece for used 1200MKIIs or IIIs if you sell them on craigslist. The last used SL1200MKII that sold at Tom Lee went for $599 early last year, but we don't give great trade-in values. You'll make more money selling them privately.

[ebbomega]

Serato.

Trust.

[dj_soo]

wait for this to come out: NS7 Controller Professional Motorized DJ Software Control System

[Phrenetic]

Originally Posted by dj_soo

wait for this to come out: NS7 Controller Professional Motorized DJ Software Control System

holy crap!

[dj_soo]

^ meh, it's numark so it's likely going to be crap but the concept is there.

5-10 years from now, the future of djing controllers will be mechanized platters to simulate the feel of turntables.

Stanton has this one too: Stanton > Enter the System

me, I'll stick with technics thank you

[ppcock]

i use torq.

but, it would be just to save space.. im really getting lazy so i might just use what i currently use.

[KrisisID]

Serato!

[dj_soo]

if you use torq then get an xponent or something:

M-AUDIO - Torq Xponent - Advanced DJ Performance/Production System

if you tried to bring that to a pro environment, I'd probably laugh at you, but since you're just doing it at home it should be fine :).

[ppcock]

honestly,

I'm sure i'll get back into the pro environment but of course, i dont want to bring my laptop and torq and possibly have an issue of dead silence while i trade over (torq is SKETCHY!), so i'd probably use cdj's at that point.

[dj_soo]

then get rid of torq and join the big boys w/ serato.

[tiedye]

Oh Serato... how you haunt my dreams. . . .

[dj_soo]

for reals tho, cdjs aren't going to really take up less room than tts and if you want to go digital and already have the TTs and laptop, just get the industry standard for DVS rather than switching over to a brand new medium. You're already familiar with torq and serato is like torq only done well (minus a few bells and whistles that's made up on the lack of sketchiness as well).

[ppcock]

yes.. what have you done with your records?

[dj_soo]

I've been recording my collection and likely going to sell a bunch of my dnb and put the rest in storage.

[rawb]

there has to be an incredible market for someone to record peoples vinyl collections for them in high bitrate mp3s

[ppcock]

gonna let me throw some records on tomorrow?